Two environmental groups are trying to stop the Bureau of Land Management from cutting down more than 380,000 acres of pinyon-juniper forests in eastern Nevada.
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Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The tropical storm brought nearly a monsoon season’s worth of precipitation in just a few days. But that heavy rainfall likely had little effect on Lake Mead’s water levels.
Storms dropped enough water in Southern Nevada that homeowners should be able to keep their sprinkler systems off until next weekend, officials said.
A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of Northern Nevada is inching closer to federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
Despite a wet winter that swelled the Colorado River’s reservoirs this year, Lake Mead will head into 2024 under a federal water shortage for a third consecutive year.
Topping the list of the most-fined companies in Clark County was Gypsum Resources LLC, the developer proposing to build homes on Blue Diamond Hill.
A Henderson-based nonprofit will use a grant from the state to develop a new incentive package aimed at encouraging businesses moving to Nevada to limit their water use.
The high court heard arguments over water rights in a case that could set significant precedent for how the driest state in the nation manages the precious resource.
Not even Las Vegas’ hottest month on record could knock Lake Mead’s timely rise off course.
The Joshua trees and other plant species burned by the York Fire are likely to never regrow, experts say.
Rising temperatures have sapped more than 10 trillion gallons of water from the Colorado River over the last two decades, a recent study shows.
Research suggests that cloud seeding can increase snowfall by as much as 10 percent, so it’s no wonder that Nevada — the nation’s driest state — is investing in the practice.
The water authority wants to pay Southern Nevadans to plant shade trees to maintain and grow the region’s tree canopy.
The Bureau of Land Management has formally paused a plan to drill for lithium near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, which is inhabited by federally protected species.
Environmental groups say they have received mixed messages from the BLM and the agency’s attorneys over the project’s status.